Athlete Rankings
Men's Pound-for-Pound Top Rank
| 1 | Islam Makhachev | |
| 2 | Jon Jones | |
| 3 | Alexander Volkanovski | |
| 4 | Leon Edwards | |
| 5 | Alex Pereira | |
| 6 | Charles Oliveira | |
| 7 | Sean O'Malley | |
| 8 | Sean Strickland | |
| 9 | Israel Adesanya | |
| 10 | Alexandre Pantoja | |
| 11 | Aljamain Sterling | |
| 12 | Tom Aspinall | |
| 13 | Max Holloway | |
| 14 | Kamaru Usman | |
| 15 | Jiří Procházka |
Flyweight
| 1 | Brandon Moreno | |
| 3 | Amir Albazi | Rank increased by 1 |
| 2 | Brandon Royval | Rank increased by 2 |
| 4 | Kai Kara-France | Rank increased by 1 |
| 5 | Matheus Nicolau | Rank increased by 1 |
| 6 | Manel Kape | Rank increased by 2 |
| 7 | Alex Perez | |
| 8 | Matt Schnell | Rank increased by 1 |
| 9 | Muhammad Mokaev | Rank increased by 1 |
| 10 | Tim Elliott | Rank increased by 1 |
| 11 | Sumudaerji | Rank increased by 1 |
| 11 | Steve Erceg | Rank increased by 2 |
| 13 | Tagir Ulanbekov | Rank increased by 1 |
| 14 | David Dvorak | Rank increased by 1 |
| 15 | Cody Durden | NR |
Bantamweight
| 1 | Aljamain Sterling | |
| 2 | Merab Dvalishvili | |
| 3 | Henry Cejudo | |
| 4 | Cory Sandhagen | |
| 5 | Petr Yan | |
| 6 | Marlon Vera | |
| 7 | Song Yadong | |
| 8 | Deiveson Figueiredo | NR |
| 9 | Rob Font | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 10 | Dominick Cruz | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 11 | Pedro Munhoz | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 12 | Ricky Simon | Rank increased by 1 |
| 12 | Jonathan Martinez | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 14 | Umar Nurmagomedov | Rank decreased by 2 |
| 15 | Chris Gutierrez | Rank decreased by 1 |
Featherweight
| 1 | Max Holloway | |
| 2 | Yair Rodriguez | |
| 3 | Brian Ortega | |
| 4 | Arnold Allen | |
| 5 | Ilia Topuria | |
| 6 | Josh Emmett | |
| 7 | Calvin Kattar | |
| 8 | Giga Chikadze | |
| 9 | Movsar Evloev | |
| 10 | Bryce Mitchell | |
| 11 | Edson Barboza | |
| 12 | Sodiq Yusuff | |
| 13 | Dan Ige | |
| 14 | Lerone Murphy | |
| 15 | Alex Caceres |
Lightweight
| 1 | Charles Oliveira | |
| 2 | Justin Gaethje | |
| 3 | Dustin Poirier | |
| 4 | Arman Tsarukyan | Rank increased by 4 |
| 5 | Michael Chandler | |
| 5 | Mateusz Gamrot | Rank increased by 1 |
| 7 | Beneil Dariush | Rank decreased by 3 |
| 8 | Rafael Fiziev | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 9 | Dan Hooker | |
| 10 | Jalin Turner | Rank increased by 2 |
| 11 | Rafael Dos Anjos | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 12 | Benoît Saint Denis | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 13 | Renato Moicano | Rank increased by 1 |
| 14 | Bobby Green | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 15 | Drew Dober |
Welterweight
| 1 | Kamaru Usman | |
| 2 | Belal Muhammad | |
| 3 | Colby Covington | |
| 4 | Gilbert Burns | |
| 5 | Shavkat Rakhmonov | |
| 6 | Stephen Thompson | |
| 7 | Sean Brady | Rank increased by 2 |
| 8 | Geoff Neal | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 9 | Vicente Luque | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 10 | Ian Machado Garry | |
| 11 | Jack Della Maddalena | |
| 12 | Kevin Holland | |
| 13 | Neil Magny | |
| 14 | Michael Chiesa | |
| 15 | Rinat Fakhretdinov |
Middleweight
| 1 | Israel Adesanya | |
| 2 | Dricus Du Plessis | |
| 3 | Robert Whittaker | |
| 4 | Jared Cannonier | |
| 5 | Marvin Vettori | |
| 6 | Paulo Costa | |
| 7 | Roman Dolidze | |
| 8 | Brendan Allen | |
| 9 | Khamzat Chimaev | |
| 10 | Jack Hermansson | |
| 11 | Nassourdine Imavov | Rank increased by 1 |
| 12 | Paul Craig | Rank increased by 1 |
| 13 | Chris Curtis | Rank increased by 1 |
| 14 | Kelvin Gastelum | Rank decreased by 3 |
| 15 | Anthony Hernandez |
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
| 1 | Tom Aspinall | interim |
| 2 | Ciryl Gane | |
| 3 | Sergei Pavlovich | |
| 4 | Stipe Miocic | |
| 5 | Curtis Blaydes | |
| 6 | Alexander Volkov | |
| 7 | Jailton Almeida | |
| 8 | Serghei Spivac | |
| 9 | Tai Tuivasa | |
| 10 | Marcin Tybura | |
| 10 | Derrick Lewis | |
| 12 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | |
| 13 | Alexandr Romanov | |
| 14 | Rodrigo Nascimento | |
| 15 | Marcos Rogerio de Lima |
Women's Pound-for-Pound Top Rank
| 1 | Alexa Grasso | |
| 2 | Zhang Weili | |
| 3 | Valentina Shevchenko | |
| 4 | Julianna Peña | |
| 5 | Erin Blanchfield | |
| 6 | Manon Fiorot | |
| 7 | Rose Namajunas | |
| 8 | Carla Esparza | |
| 9 | Yan Xiaonan | |
| 10 | Tatiana Suarez | |
| 11 | Jéssica Andrade | |
| 12 | Raquel Pennington | |
| 13 | Amanda Lemos | |
| 14 | Ketlen Vieira | |
| 15 | Irene Aldana |
Women's Strawweight
Women's Flyweight
Women's Bantamweight
| 1 | Julianna Peña | |
| 2 | Raquel Pennington | |
| 3 | Mayra Bueno Silva | |
| 4 | Ketlen Vieira | |
| 5 | Irene Aldana | |
| 5 | Holly Holm | |
| 7 | Pannie Kianzad | |
| 8 | Yana Santos | |
| 9 | Karol Rosa | |
| 10 | Macy Chiasson | |
| 11 | Miesha Tate | Rank increased by 1 |
| 12 | Norma Dumont | Rank decreased by 1 |
| 13 | Julia Avila | |
| 14 | Josiane Nunes | |
| 15 | Chelsea Chandler |
How are rankings determined?
Rankings were generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC.
A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Last updated: Tuesday, Dec. 05
NR - Not Previously Ranked
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